<\/a><\/div>\nHe explained that these names may sound unusual compared to common endearments but they reflect the bond they share.<\/p>\n
Afeez said that their union has worked because it is built on balance, with neither partner needing to be overly strict or overly calm.<\/p>\n
He expressed gratitude for the years they have spent together, describing their marriage as a journey that has been sustained with patience, love, and God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n
He also appreciated Mide Martins for standing by him, stressing that she has always been supportive both at home and in public.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI call her Iya Alekuleja, and she calls me Baba Elere. Those aren\u2019t the usual pet names like dear or honey, but it works for us because of the closeness we share. Our marriage isn\u2019t the kind where the husband has to be overly strict or the wife has to remain overly calm; we\u2019ve built it on balance, and God has been faithful to us.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201c22 years of marriage is no small thing. Ajoke, thank you for putting up with me. I swear to God, my wife is not a wicked woman, whether at home or in public.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
\u00a9 2025 Abia Radio News, a division of Tee Global Innnovations [abiaradios@gmail.com]. [email\u00a0protected]<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nollywood Actor Afeez Owo has opened up on his his 22-year marriage with actress Mide Martins. Abia Radio News reports that he explained how they have managed their relationship and the pet names they use for each other. The actor, in an interview on Oyinmomo TV, said he calls his wife \u201cIya Alekuleja,\u201d while she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":236126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2087,2088],"class_list":["post-236125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-afeez-owo","tag-mide-martins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2024-10-28T122619.269-758x5050-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}